The purpose of this paper is to examine the destructive effects of stretch goals on employees’ work–family conflict (WFC). Drawing on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study examines the mediating role of resource scarcity. By integrating the paradox theory with the COR theory, this study explores the moderating role of employees’ paradox mind-set.,Two-wave data were collected from a sample of MBA students in Northwestern China (N = 294). PROCESS was used to assess a moderated mediation model.,This study found a positive relationship between stretch goals and WFC, and resource scarcity mediated this relationship. For employees with a high paradox mind-set, the relationship between resource scarcity and WFC was weak; and the indirect effect of stretch goals on WFC via resource scarcity was weak.,Organizations should provide enough resources to employees when using stretch goals. Human resource managers could recruit candidates with high paradox mind-set and foster employees’ paradox mind-set through training.,This study makes contributions to the literature on stretch goals by examining the negative spillover effect of stretch goals on the family domain and exploring the mediating mechanism. This study also extends the paradox theory by using it at micro level to address questions on WFC.

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延伸目标对工作与家庭冲突的影响

本文的目的是研究延伸目标对员工的工作-家庭冲突（WFC）的破坏性影响。借助资源保护（COR）理论，本研究考察了资源稀缺性的中介作用。通过将悖论与COR理论相结合，本研究探索了员工悖论心态的调节作用。从西北地区的MBA学生样本（N = 294）中收集了两波数据。PROCESS被用来评估一个适度的调解模型。本研究发现，伸展目标与WFC之间存在正相关关系，而资源短缺则介导了这种关系。对于具有较高悖论心态的员工，资源稀缺与WFC之间的关系较弱；而且，延伸目标通过资源短缺对WFC的间接影响微弱。当使用延伸目标时，组织应为员工提供足够的资源。人力资源经理可以通过培训招募具有高悖论思维模式的候选人，并通过培训来培养员工的悖论思维模式。这项研究通过研究延伸目标在家庭领域的负面溢出效应并探索了对目标的负面影响，从而为有关延伸目标的文献做出了贡献。调解机制。这项研究还通过在微观层面使用它来解决有关WFC的问题，从而扩展了悖论。这项研究通过研究伸展目标在家庭领域的负面溢出效应并探索中介机制，为伸展目标的文献做出了贡献。这项研究还通过在微观层面使用它来解决有关WFC的问题，从而扩展了悖论。这项研究通过研究伸展目标在家庭领域的负面溢出效应并探索中介机制，为伸展目标的文献做出了贡献。这项研究还通过在微观层面使用它来解决有关WFC的问题，从而扩展了悖论。